Adriaen van Wesel

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An altar of Mary by Wesel, made between 1475 and 1477

Adriaen van Wesel (* around 1417 in Utrecht , † between 1490 and 1499 in Utrecht) was a wood carver in Utrecht in the Middle Ages . In the 15th century, the city was a center of art in the northern Netherlands and, in addition to documents on the regionally very important work of van Wesel , evidence has been preserved that also describes his role as a leading citizen of the city. However, only a few fragments of his work have survived.

Works

None of the large altars created by Adriaen van Wesel , which can be proven in the documents , are completely preserved; after their destruction or removal from churches during the Reformation, only individual figures, groups of figures or reliefs can be found. However, these unsigned works, but by a typical design of the hair and eye areas as works of van Wesel recognizable sculptures, show that they can be among the most important works of plastic art in the Middle Ages of the region and beyond. In art history, what is best known is an altar by van Wesel , which he created for a church in 's-Hertogenbosch and whose order and development history can be surprisingly well documented for a work from the Middle Ages.

The altar of 's-Hertogenbosch

The altar, ordered from Adriaen van Wesel by a brotherhood of Mary in 1475 , was intended for the Church of Our Lady in 's-Hertogenbosch. Two fragments of the work, which was completed two years later, have survived, one depicting the legend of the Tiburtine Sibyl , the other depicting John the Evangelist . The fragments and their stylistic elements typical of van Wesel are the starting point for determining other of his works.

Utrecht contemporary artist colleagues

Adriaen van Wesel was a contemporary of the so-called master of Joachim and Anna , a picture carver who also settled in Utrecht or the surrounding area around 1450.

Collaboration with the father of Hieronymus Bosch

Anthonis Bosch, father of Hieronymus Bosch, provided pictures for the altar in 's-Hertogenbosch , and there is evidence of a meeting between Van Wesel and Anthony and possibly his young son.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ cf. CM Richardson et al. (Eds.): Renaissance Art Reconsidered: An Anthology of Primary Sources. Malden (MA), Blackwell 2007.
  2. ^ CM Richardson et al. (Ed.): Renaissance Art Reconsidered: An Anthology of Primary Sources . Malden (MA), Blackwell 2007, pp. 74-78.
  3. ^ Adriaen van Wesel . In: The Concise Grove Dictionary of Art. Oxford University Press, Oxford 2002, online edition (accessed May 2010)

literature

To life and meaning

  • PT Swillens: De Utrecher beeldhouwer Adrian van Wesel, approx. 1420- (na 1489). In: Oud-Holland. 63, 1948, pp. 149-163.
  • J. Leeuwenberg: Een nieuw facet aan de Utrecht beeldhouwkunst IV. In: Oud Holland. 75, 1960, pp. 105-205.
  • CM Richardson et al. (Eds.): Renaissance Art Reconsidered: An Anthology of Primary Sources. Malden (MA), Blackwell 2007, pp. 74–78 (Utrecht sculptor Adriaen van Wesel makes a carved altar piece for the Confraternity of Our Lady, s-Hertogenbosch - English translation of the business books of a brotherhood to order an altar from van Wesel).
  • U. Schäfer: Art in times of boom. Late Gothic wooden figures from the Lower Rhine around 1500. Dissertation. Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster. Waxmann, Münster 1991, pp. 82-87.
  • D. von Flemming: A sculptor of the late Middle Ages: Adriaen van Wesel. Exhibition discussion. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. In: Weltkunst. 51, 1981, pp. 298-299.

To the catalog raisonné

  • W. Halsema-Kubes, G. Lemmens, Guido de Werd (eds.): Adriaen van Wesel: een Utrechtse beeldhouwer uit de late middeleeuwen. Exhibition catalog of the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam. The Hague (s'Gravenhage), Rijksmuseum 1980.
  • WM de Jong: Adriaen van Wesel, een Utrechtse beeldhouwer uit de late middeleeuwen. Exhibition discussion. In: Simiolus: Netherlands Quarterly for the History of Art. Vol. 12, No. 1, 1981-1982, pp. 85-87 (English).
  • R. Karrenbrock: An improper Madonna of the late Gothic in Westphalian private ownership. In: Aachener Kunstblätter . 58, 1989/1990, pp. 111-114.
  • R. Karrenbrock: Unknown works by the Utrecht sculptor Adriaen van Wesel. In: Journal for Art History. 57 volumes. H. 3, 1994, pp. 336-346.
personal data
SURNAME Adriaen van Wesel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch carver
DATE OF BIRTH around 1417
PLACE OF BIRTH Utrecht
DATE OF DEATH between 1490 and 1499
Place of death Utrecht